Android Error Building Signed APK: keystore.jks not found for signing config 'externalOverride'

Question

I get this error when I try to Build Signed APK. I recently upgraded to API 23 but Generated APK:s successfully after that. Im confused. Asking for help and advise how to solve

Answer 1

Click on choose existing and again choose the location where your jks file is located.

I hope this trick works for you.

Answer 2

I have same problem, because i don't have keystore path then i see Waffles.inc solutions and had a new problem In my Android Studio 3.1 for mac had a windows dialog problem when trying create new keystore path, it's like this

if u have the same problem, don't worried about the black windows it's just typing your new keystore and then save.

Answer 3

For people that have tried above,try generating the key with the -keypass and -storepass options as I was only inputting one of the passwords when running it like the React Native docs have you. This caused it to error out when trying to build.

keytool -keypass PASSWORD1 -storepass PASSWORD2 -genkeypair -v -keystore release2.keystore -alias release2 -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000

Answer 4

open key.properties and check your path is correct. (replace from \ to /)

example:-

replace from "storeFile=D:\Projects\Flutter\Key\key.jks" to "storeFile=D:/Projects/Flutter/Key/key.jks"